Vapor-burner



(No Model.)

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VAPOR BURNER.

No. 292,616. Patenwd Jan. .29Ji 1884.

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' SPECIFICATION, forming part 'orner/Gers Patent No.`292,616, dated January 29, 1884.

` Application filed August 24, 1883. (No model.)

' To all whom t may -colwe'm dated June 291880, No. 229,355, and it con-I sists vin the combination, with a.steam-genera` tor, and superheatenand tubes for vaporizing. the hydrocarbon, of the burner-tube located Vbelow and between the steam-generator "and vaporizing-tubes, and provided with jet-open3 ings to direct the vapordiame directly against the steam-generator and the Vaporizing-tube; and, also, in the combination of the parts whereby 'the superheated steam will strike and spray the hydrocarbons as they enter the va-v porizing-tube, as hereinafter particularly described, and then specica-lly defined by the claims.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure l is in part a frontv elevation and in part a longitudinal vertical section of a vaporburner constructed according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a Avertical cross-section on line 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2.- Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 4 Zi, Fig. 2, on a reduced scale.

- In the drawings, A represents tlieburnertube of a Vapor-burner having jet-holes a, at which, in the operation of the burner, the vapor ofthe petroleum or other hydrocarbon oil escapes and is burned.

B and C are two tubes or pipes, arranged one above the other, and having communication with each other by a passage, Z1,the tube or pipe C, by its other end, communicating by apipe, D, with the burner-tube A, as at j', by any suitable connections. The tube C is horizontal, or substantially so, while the tube B inclines in the direction of the passage b, as shown more particularly in Fig. l. At the other end of tube b is an opening or passage, h, through which the hydrocarbon oil from the pipe E, connecting with the supply pipe or tank holding the oil, enters the tube B, the opening l1, being preferably of such a diameter as only to allowthe oil to pass through it into tube B drop by drop.

So far the vapor-burner as described is substantially the same as the one shown in said patent.

G is a tube or chamber situated at the rear oi' the tube C, and above this tube G is a tube or, chamber, H, having communication with the tube G by vertical .passages Z Z, and by-a tube or pipe, L, at its side with the tube B.

-rlhe tube or chamber G is for water, and itis connected by a pipe, M, with a water-tank or other suitable water-Supply, and so that the :Water in the tuber G is maintainedy at such height that--there will be sufficient space left section, so lthat there maybe considerable space for the steam abovethe Water therein,

so that the water inl the generator may not f overilowto extinguish the `ilame.

The operation of the burner is as follows: The hydrocarbon oil being allowed to. flow throughthe pipe E, it passes drop by drop into the tube B through the passage h, thence through said tube to and through passage b into tube C, and thence through said tube C and pipe D to the burner-tube A, where it is burned at kthe holes a in a vapor form, the oil in its passage through the tubes B and C hav'- ing become vaporized from the heat of the Haines of the burner-tube. At the same time, the water in chamber G is heated, and steam generated therein passes into the chamber H through the passages Z, where it is superheated,

and from thence it passes through pipe L into IOO jet-holes, m, back of the holes a, the flames from which act more directly against the chambers G and H. By locating the burnertube below the steam-generating tube and vaporizing-tubc, and providing it with jetopen ings to direct the llame directly against said tubes, the heat is applied directly to points from whence the best results are obtained; and by directing the superheated steam against the hydrocarbon as it drops into the vaporizing-tube, the hydrocarbon is sprayed by the steam, and the two immediately combine to form a gas, and better results are obtained than when the two elements are otherwise brought together.

The apparatus, when used, is to be placed in the iire-eha1nber of a stove and secured therein in any suitable manner, the proper pipeconnections being made with tanks or holders of the water and oil for a proper operation of the burner. The ends of the several tubes and the portions of the tubes over or opposite to the several communicating passages have screw plugs or caps N, the removal of which, when desired, allows the tubes and pipes, &c., to be cleaned of sediment or dirt that may have accumulated in the use of the burner.

Any suitable means may bc used to regulate the iiow of the water into the chamber G, to maintain the height desired therein, and the several tubes and chambers can be or' any length and size in cross-sectiondesired.

I amaware that it has been proposed, in vapor-burners to generate vapors from gasoline and unite such vapors with superhcated steam generated in the same burner, and afterward burn at the burner-tube the gas thus produced, which, however, Ido not claim. My invention differs therefrom in combining the burner-tube with the steam-generator and vaporizing-tubes, so that the llames will strike directly against said tubes, and, further, in combining the parts so that the superheated steam will enter the vaporizing-tube at a point to spray the hydrocarbon as it enters said tube. It further differs therefrom in that heavy oils may be used from which to generate the vapors, while in the construction disclaimed only gasoline or light oils can be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. rlhe combination of the steam-generator tube, the superheater-tube connecting therewith, the vaporizing-tubes, with one of which the steam-generator communicates, means for introducing hydrocarbons into said Vaporizing-tubes, and the burner-tube com1nunicat ing with the vaporizing-tubes, and located below the steam and vaporizing tubes, and provided withj et-openings for directing the flameiets directly against the steam and vaporizing tubes, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the steam-generator tube, the vaporizing-tubcs, means for supplying hydrocarbons to said tubes, the superheater-tube communicating with the steam-generator tubeand with thevaporizing-tubesatapoint where the superheated steam will strike and spray the hydrocarbon as it entersthe vaporizingtube, and the burner-tube communicating with the vaporizing-tubes, and located at a point to direct the flame against both the steam and vaporizing tubes, substantially as vdescribed.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence ol' two subscribing wit nesses.

l). E. ),ANGS.

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN XV. Bnowx, \V.\r. S. BnLLows. 

